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L jCCUPATIO.V .ROLilk, aYTHE PAUNCH TROOPS. The following Official Papers haVe been 'publish . at Palermo, by or de r of his Sicilian Majesty, 'an", .. give, in addition to the Proclamation of - the v-ener ible H ea d o f t h e Popish Cinuch (Which - appeared In our Paper a few days ago), so striking a Niew of ''he atrocious treachery and violence which have nein exercised at Rome against both the person , of tIS Holiness, whom all true Catholics deem sacred, 'lnd the rights spiritual and temporal which he pos sesses, t h at we cannot help giving them i nse rti o n, • 'orlhe informatiOn of that misled 'portion of our .11ow subje&s in Ireland; who are said to be more ; 'tacked to t h e F renc h than the British connection. • We must, however,". says the Italian Commenta on these documents, " remark at the commence "eut, that this last at of the French Ruler (viz. the -,fiznre of Rome), which violates at once the most : '' cr eel principles of our holy religion and th e la w o f '',Vions, evide n tly p roves th a t,. intending to destroy tl ancient Governments, the family of BUONAPARTE v ri Aes, above all, with a View to establish ,their itheisin, to destroy the Roman Catholic religion : being fully aware that it cannot build up its own ty ranny, except upon the foundation of impiety ; and, in fad, the Emperor of the FRENCH had no other i ntention, in thus endeavouring to destroy the Ca tholic worship, than to eradicate from the minds of the people whoin.he enslaves every notion of resped, ' and every sentiment of obedience, to the Head of the Church of Christ, whom he has with that view itrove to dishonour, by . forcing him to enter into a league with himself, or, in other words, to be his accomplice in those robberies which he commits against every kind of property, public and private. tut the spirit of Gov, as will be seen by the follow log' pieces, has given to the Holy Father strength t 0 resist these suggestions of the enemy of man, and has enabled him to display an energy more t han huma n , an d W ort h y , t h e best 'ages of the Church." • OFFICIAL PAPERS. `f Palace of the Quirinal, March 2, 1 808. " The French Commander has proceeded to such 1 4 , 11 etcess of violence and outrage, within these few 4 - "* .ii i , d aYs, that the patience and resignation Of his — " h es% without being in the least altered, have Yet been found to exhibit some signs of just indig "!,"l". The above Commander, on a Sudden, seiz ,. th e General Post-Office, with a piquet of soldiers, , a , 11 " displaced the Superintendant, to examine all the :rrespondence, in defi,lnce of the public law. He ill'rPurated by violence the troops of the Pope into li e ,, llsr etteh army, he banished from Rome Colonel lie c t~ for being faithful to his Prince and„lastly,.. rni-f. h .ut guards upon all the printing-offices, that he . . . rif' 6 deprive the Head of the Church ot the liberty Lis; • , log the press. 3 6, 4 Each of these attempts would be sufficient to ‘no :'. what was meant by the Note of February 23, r announced - that the French army w ou ld di -,e,' Its march to Rome, under the pretext- of free- • ,1-1 t that city f rom t h ose w h om it chus.!s to call Nea aliah Brio - ands. ' Each of these attempts show at excesses of outrage and irreverence have mark thel_7 insults offered to the dignity Ail the - 't'ad of the Church. Btit the French army has not co nfined itself within those bounds. In order. to `'ruwit its atrocities, the French soldiers have dared iO . l aY hands on four Cardinals, have dragged them th the arms of the Holy Father, and conducted Ltn ,t , Ronne as state criminals. ‘ violence and abuse of power could not certain. sie be carried fartilor. His Holiness, who has lately tv ell himself deprived of the atzribut•cs - of Sovereign- II " who has seen his power and his dignity insulted s. ?ler a thousand forms, by an army which he was IT'll. willing to consider as friendly, could not . how-.- tiv_.er have believed th at i t wou ld h ave proceeded to e xtremity, whi c h h . . s , a b ove every thing else,''ruck the deepest to his heart. • ;; ;I c T he Holy Fath er , w h o, lik e a l am b, su ff ere d i n. teasand w i t h resignation this excess of insult, 1 : 45 roused only by this latter 'instance. He WM' ancled the undersigned to write once more, and to, r s t t ristnit to your illustrious Highness, in the strong ,and most energetic language, his complaints •.; to lay before you all the horror' of . these' hostile pro .;:e.edings ; and to represent to you how much he.felt aimsell degraded in the face of Europe, by the violent ?lid unheard-of measures which the French army din comple3ted in attacking the dignity of the Car which is an ernanation from his own. The 7,: n l Y Fathe r , p l ac i ng all his confidence in •GOD of h is will w a i t, i n conformity with the principles us sacred dut i 8 : y, to see how far the French army 2,,,Flined to abuse hi s meekness and his patience, in "g!f at l ength it will put an end to the. unmerited "'ttlts and outrages which it has committed against 11 Church S overeign ot Rom e an d t h e H ead of th e Catholic ;" Such is the positive order which the Pro-Sccre 'arY of State has received from his Holiness, and 4 hicli lie feels it his sacred duty to fulfil without the east deviation. He renews to your illustrious .4 est the assurance of his sincere consideration. (Signed) G. CARD. DORM PA Num...." 4 ° Siginor Lefebvre, French Charge d'itiaires." H. dated March 13, 1808, is a sharp and remonstrance against :he imprisonment an•J 4re atened removal of some Officers of his Holiness's ,'wh o prot es t e d aga in st i ts i ncorpOration with • ; „ 11 1 °t France, and declared that they would not con \t 1 0 serve udd e r such an arrang et h ent . • ' 41;'1.' 111, dat e d M arc h Q 3, 1808, is a copy of let -11. W () ruten by Order of hiS Holiness, t o a u the Car;- !• als wh o were ordered to retire from Rome. Ho ,Nr./lulatids them by their allegiance not to remove ' .: 11 1 the capita% except they were compelled there zitclt 11 d not to continue theirjourney longer than c otlytilsion existed. Among these Cardinals •i• " n d• the name of hitt Holiness's Mi n i ster , Car .hal PANIFILI, who w as succee d e d b y C ardinal itqatta. No. IV. " Mareir27, 1808.. • I, ,-, t,;...... . C ardinal GABRIELLI, I'ro•Secretary of State to 'i'' tlolluess, has received positive orders from the tI 9 I Y Fath Qr in. person, to inform your illustrious , g 2 )n ess, that the violence committed against the '' ° , ll l of the Cardinals, ',wives of the Kingdom'. of Lin a t .P l eS, "ever would have been 'believed, if it had ,„--tis been repeated against the persons of the Cardi-: . s born in the Kingdom of Itaiy, and the countries a lined to France. ..• • ~. " rhely c . ..nc..5t or present be itnorant, that it is not only intended to deprive . him of his cemporal atithbrity-, but.that there is al o a deogn IO 'ileitr(?y the Spiritual Government of the Church of Rome, represented by the Sacred College, which is' the Senate of the Sovereign Pontiff. `! He has seen with horror and surprise those prin ciples and maxims which brealc the most sacred .bands by which the Cardinals are united to the Poie by all the force of a solemn oath, preceded and fol lowed as they have been by ad the indignities to which the Head of the Church .has been exposed. Examples of such -cudrmities are only to be found in the time of the RepUblic, when Rome saw the Most sacred principles trodden under loot. " Ifa Secular Prince, professing the Catholic re ligion, and believing that he has a right to detain in his territories, as his subjeCtS, Cardinals of the Church of Rome, finds himself still under the necessity of treating them with that respect due to the eminent charaaer by which they are COnneeled with the Holy Pontiff, it follows that he hag no right to banish them, or to remove them by open force, thus tear ing from the Chief of the liniverol Church so many of his fellow-labourers. " This attempt, 'which will be a theme of re proach in the present and future age, has pa-rtiCUlar ly wounded the feeling mind of his Holiness, as well otraccount of the unheard-of insult w hi c h . h as b een offered to - the-Cardinal dignity, as the outrage to his Holy Person by which. it was accompanied ; his Vicar and Prime Minister having no more been re speaed than the. Bishops who were torn from their respective dioceses. • ". The Holy Father, aware of all the evils which these cruel and violent measures must necessarily Cause to the spiritual government of the Church, has commanded the Undersigned to protest strongly against them, and to require at the sa me t i me that the Cardinals, forcibly carried oil against every prin-• ciple of the rights of nations, be liberated. As to the rest, always resigned to the judgments of God, and confirmed by the innate testimony of a pure conscience, he tivill patiently support in the cause of justice the hard treatment which he has not merited, and faithful to his sacred duty, atter having exhaust ed all his effoils to allay the teriapeat which shakes the Holy Seat, he will leave to Heaven the care of proteding and defending it, and to posterity the right of pronouncing on the justice of his cause. ,Snch are the sentiments which his Holiness has peremptorily commanded the Undersigned to ex press to your illustrious Highness, and in perform.. ing this duty, he renews, &c. " P. Cardinal GABRIELLI." " -To Lefebvre, French Charge d'Alaites." No. V. is a note writteh by Cardinal GABRIELLI, the POPE'S Treasurer, containing his Holiness's ,order to pay Cardinals SaLuzzo and PIGNATELL.r, transported to the north .of Italy, and whose pro perty at Naples was confiscated, the sum of 1000 crowns each, probided the Treasurer could produce so much, of which his Holiness is much in doubt.. No. VI. April 7, 1808. , " This morning, at six o'clock, a French detach ment appeared at the .gate of his Holiness's Palace, and the porter on duty having intimated to the Of ficer who commanded it, that he could not permit armed persons to enter, hut that if be was desirous of comingib by himself, he would not prevent him,, the latter appeared satisfied. He ordered the troops to halt, and to fall back some paces. The porter then opened the wicket, and ,allowed the Officer to enter. " But he was hardly on the threshold when he . made a signal to the soldier~, who immediately rush ed forward and presented their bayonets to the por-, ter's breast. • .• • " After having gained admission by such deceit , arid violence, the soldiers push e d forward to t h e guard-room of the Militia of Campidoglio, in the interior of the Palace, immediately broke open the doors, and seized the muskets with which this Mi litia were-accustomed to mount guard in one of the nnticliambers of his Holiness. " With equal rioknce the French troops rushed to the quarters of liis Holiness's . Noble 'Guard, and . seized the carbines which they made use of when they mounied guard in the apartment next to that of his Holiness. " A French Officer then addressed the Captain of the Swiss Guards, and told him, as well as the few soldiers there assembled; that from that day the Swiss Guards were to receive their orders from the French General; to which they would not consent. "• The same order was communicated to the Commander of the stationary guard, on duty at the barriers, who also refused to acknowledge it, and' was in consequence immediately sent to the Castle. " In the mean timedifferent French detachments- scoured the town, and arrested and carried to the Castle all the Noble Guards, even including their Commander. " The Holy Father, apprised of these horrid out rages, overwhelmed by the grief .which they have produced, has expressly ordered the U n d ers i gne d to protest strongly against them, and to declare frankly to your illustrious Lordship, .that each day adds to the measure of the . - inSultsv which are pouring on his .sacred person, and that he is every day more and more deprived of his rights as a Sovereign. " It was not sufficient for the French. army to •signalize its entrance into Rome by planting cannon ag.nti,t the Palke of his 'Holiness, :md otiering such uov.:orthy violation to his residence, but it has added to this violence by forcing the Swiss Guard, and en . tering with arms into the peaceable abode of the So vereign Pontiff, rudely bursting open the doors, and . seizing the arms rather intended for the - honour than the defence of his sacred person, arresting his guards, and, in short, depriving him, by these vio lent measures, not only of his guards, but even his honour. " His. Holiness requires, in the first place, that the individpals of his guard who have been in isoned without any reason, an.' Contrary to every principle of right, be liberated ; and he, afterwards ; declares solemnly, that to all these outrages he - only opposes and will Oppose patience; and during the • titne such treatment may continue, that meekness of which hiS Heavenly Master has left him al, ex ampl. His long imprisonment, and the injestice which he has experienced, have made hint a spetta ' cle to the world, to angels, and to men. He awaits - with resignation, fret with an unshaken firmness in CAPHARA. , , . • . . . . . . . liis princip . res, all that vioi.nce can :dtenipt aglinsl the head r of . the Catholic 'Church ; well assured that any humiliation ,he may receive will turn to the gim-y - of religion itself. • : - ‘‘ Such, - precisely r are the semiments which his Holines's commands me to express to yotir illus trious Lordship. He renews to your Highness the assurance, .&c. -, ...- , " P. Cardinal .GABRIEI,LC . .. 44 To - Al. Lefebvre, French Charge d'Affaires."' No. VII., " April il, 1.808. q. When his Holiness perceived with no less su-r -priie than grief,' that his . troopS Were • forcibly in corporated with the French army, and that punish ment was inflicted on such of them as remained faithful to their lawful Sovereign, he thought it pro per that his Guards, and the few Militia of canipi doglio and of the barriers, who were not yet incor porated and placed under the command :of the French General, should wear a new coclude. " The objeCt which his 'Holiness had in thus changing the cockade; was to signify - publicly how .much he disapproved th e v iol en t 'incorporation which took place, and to manifest his firm determi nation to remain neutral, and to be in no ways re sponsible for the atlions of the incbtporated soldiers, whom he no longer considers as belonging to him. This reason was, by order of the Holy Father, offi cially notified to your illustrious Lordship, and to all the -Diplotnatic Body, to whom, accordin4 to the established usages, a pattern of the new cockade was sent. After a preliminary declaration of this frank na .. tore; his Holiness never could have conceived that the purity of his intentions would becalumniatedl;y.. The circulation of a report that the new cockade was the signal of an union against the French army, as inserted in the Order.of the Day which was yester-, day published and .posted in every quarter of Rome, as well as in the ProvinceC " The Holy Father is willing to believe that this Order was the consequence of the false repreienta tions made to his Majesty the Emperor and king. " In fact, if the real objed which his Holiness had in changing the cockade had been communicated to his Majesty, had'he also been acquainted that,th'e - French , Military Commander bad ordered "it - to be worn by all the incorporated troops, he surely would not have designated it as a signal of union against the French troops, since it was worn by those very troops who composed part of the French army. " Although the Holy Father is well persuaded that the people of Rome, and the whole world, will render justice to his pure aid loyal condud, and that, he is also equally certain that do one Will adopt' the suspicions by which the Minister at a God of Peace, - possessing no malice, is pointed out as conceiving projects of revolution and blood; nevertheless the horrible colours in whiCh an at of his HolinesS, the most innocent possible, is endeavoured to be repre sented, have afflicted him with such poignant grief, that he has ordered the Pro-Secretary of State, Car dinal GABRIELLI, to complain to - your illustrious Lordship, and to. request you, in the name of all that is true, to acquaint his Majesty With the real point of view in which 'this change of ' the cockade `shoilld be considered. " The Holy Father, always consistent, de2lare3 - solemnly, that the Orders of the Day, published and posted up, are highly injurious to his charaaer, his dignity, and his rights as Sovereign ; that, comform able with the right which every Prince has, of mak ing their troops wear whatever distingUishing marks they think proper, he ordered the new cockade, for the purpose of shewing the world that he no longer . recognised as his the troops w h o were incorporated with and placed under the command of the French ; and that, without having coimnitted any crime, `and only for having discharged their duty in obey ing their Sovereign, the persons who composed his noble, Guards, and - some other . Otficers, have been imprisoned. To relieve the innocent, the Holy Father re quires and claims their liberation, which he has hi therto demanded to no purpose, and which at pre sent be claims again. " The undersigned having faithfully performed the orders of his Holiness, has the opportunity of renewing to your illustrious Lordship the assur ance, &c. " Cardinal GABazdu." " M. i,efetvre; French Cha , ge d'All'aires." No. VIII. COPY OF A NOTE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY M. DE CHAMPAGNY TO HIS EXCELLENCY CARDINAL " The undersigned Minister for Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the Emperor of the, FRENCH, King of ITALY, 'has laid before his Alajesty the Note of Cardinal CAPRARA, to which he is commanded to re turn the following answer : " The gmperor cannot recognize the principle, that . the Prelates are not the subje&s of the Sove reign under whose authority they are born. " As to the second question, the proposal of his Majesty is, and from which he will never depart, that allJtaly, Rome, Naples, and Milan, shall enter into an offensive and defensive Treaty, for the pur pose of. removing from the Peninsula commotions and hostilities. ' " If the Holy. Father accede to this propels:* every thing. is settled.: If he refuse it, he announces by such a determination that he wishes for no al-, • rangetnent, no peace with the Emperor, and that he is at war with him. The titst consequence of war is conquest, and the result of conquest is change of Government : for if the Emperor: is under the ne cessity of going to war with Rothe, is •he not also under the necessity of conquering it, of changing the Government , of est a bli s hi n g another which shall make common cause against the common enemy with the Kingdoms of Italy and Naples ? What other ,guarantee could he - have for the tranquillity and security of Italy, it these two Kingdoms were fl,lparated by a State in which their enemies Vvould be certain of meeting a cordial reception. "These Al t era t ions, become necessary if the Holy Father persists in his refusal, will take away from him none of his spiritual rights.- wilt continue Bishop of Motive, as his . predeCessorS Were during, the eight first ages and under eIIARLEdAdNE. It willi however; be a subjeta, of. grief to his Majesty, to see the workS of genius; of pbritical wisdom, and of understanding, destroyed by imprudence, obsti-' tracy, awl Undn?ss. • " At the very moment that the Undersigned rc, ceived orders to return this answer to Cardinal CAP.. hereceiVed:the note of the joth of March, which, his EminenCe did him the honour of writin , g to him. this note has two objects .in view the first to announce the 'cessation of the Owe's of the Legate of tho Holy Chrlir, to notify it .against the ordinary forms and usages at the eve of Holy Week; at a time when the Court of Rome, if it were still •animated by a true evangelical spirit; would feel it its duty to multiply spiritual succours, and to preach,. k'jts example, nylon amongst the faithful. But be this as it may, the Holy Father having withdrawn his powers from his Eniinence, the 'Emperor longer acknowledges him as a Legate. :file French Church re.asSurnesthe•ffill.integrity of its do rive. Its knowledge, its piety Will. continue- to preserve in France dieCatholiC Religion, whi c h t h e E mperor tivilt alwayi con Sider 'it his 4,tlOry to defend, atid cause to be respeaed.:__ " The second obJea of the Note Of his Ficel . - lency Cardinal CAPEARA, is to demand his' passports, as' Ambassador.. The Undersigned 11A the honour to enclose them': laic Al.ijesty sees with regret this formal demand of passports, which the pradico of rnodetn times regards.as a real declaration of %1 Rome is then at war with France, and in this state Of affairs Iris Miijesty is obliged to ,issue the or ders which the tranquillity of Italy rendered ne cessary. "'Tye resoltiiion to produce this rupttire has been chnsenbv the Court of Rome at a tirfie when it be; lieves that its arms are powerful enough to show that it may have recourse to other eactiemities., but their effeas'will be Checked by the illumination of rbe age. Temporal and spiritual authority are no longer 'confounded. The royal dignity consecrated by God himself is above any altacit. • " The Undersigned that the observai ions which he is ordere.d to transmit to Car din, r may induce his Holihess to accede to the proposii of his Majesly. lie has the honour to renew to his Excellence" the assuralices of his highest cori. sideration," " CitaMkAGNy." r The . following-is an Extra6t of a Letter from a , t young Naval Officer, to . hii Friend; dated c ort i nna , t July 8 :—;"rhe Spaniards appear firmly united and wound up to the highest pitch of enthost:lsiu. BY the Brig - from England we have an interchange of Messengers ; the dispatches which conic; horn thence i are, so pleasing and gratifying to the Spaniartis, that - • . , • they have been tiring salutes - the whole afternoon; The intelligene6lby their courier trom the interior i§ _ still more gratifying to an _Englishman ; it ini ly, the defeat of 18,000 French, being a detacittnent of MIYAAT's army ; the action took place ne ir Sara- gossa ; . they were endeavouring •to force their way • • to the Frontiers, and gain - one of the liassts of the Pyrennees ; 15,000 were killed, the remainder &A; • z i and the next day threw down their arms and surren dered at discretion ; among them are the Generals . I. MOUTRAYE• and LEFEBVRE. The Spanish force - a.i Consisted of 24,000, the greater part armed with : * swords, and• daggers only. W e are rece i ve d on ' i shore by the Spaniards (whom we were blockading S ! a few months singe with tbegreate s t strictn.-s), and % treated with the greatest attention amid cordiality.—. . I Corunna is strongly fortified, but I cann o t say much • i for the beauty of the place." , On Saturday last Louis XVIII. with, the Ptince .: -of CONDE, the Duke DE 9RAMMON'T, the Comfit i' GRIMALDI, and others of his suite,. visited • the East • and West India Docks, concluded by G. MILL Er:, _. _ . -. Esq. one of the Dire&ors of the East India CoMpany. HIS MAJESTY, and the Noble Personto.s attending him, appeared most anxious to inspect thos6 India- , 'men who had encountered 1...6,T0t5, and latterly Ley Piedrizontaise Frigate. Of the latter, lie went on board theilion.Company's Ship Scaleki Castle, which . bore evident- and t deep, marks on her 'sides of the aced of the Frenchman's. shot.' He wa'i here re- . 1 ceived byMr; •Nictibia.s, Chief, and the other Otli- , 7 cers of the' Ship; Who entertaihed his Majesty vvith a ccl.d collation, previously prepared: His Majesty expressed•himself highly gratified at this Mail of at!" ~' tention, and, after remaining on . b oar d about an . .. hour, departed apparently much'pl ea S e d, to inspect'. • in like manner the West India Docks. His MA JESTY is very corpulent, but his' countenance is pat - -; ticularly open and engaging, and beaming intel ligence : he spoke but little English, but what he did speak' was very distinEt, and delivered in a pecu liarly impressive manner. 0 Monday evening, about five O'clock, a young Wo- man of genteel appearance threw herself into the * Serpentine River. Two Gentl e m en passing by at the time jumped in after her, and brought her to•the green bank alive. She refused 'telling her name, or assigning any reason for attempting to 'commit the rash ad. She was taken to Mount-street Work . house. ; . , As the coach which runs from Tunbridge to Lon don was oh its journey, on Friday last, with a great many passengers, the leaders took fright at a dog which- jumped' over a hedge at the moment they were passing. The animals immediately set off at full speed ;- and 'the coachman, who was also the proprietor, and had driven the . stage for 15 years, broke the reins in endeavourihg to yestrain.the im petuosity of his horses;• they ran at random for. a considerable distance, when the coach, Overturned, with violence, and was dashed to pieces. Many of the pasSengers.were very much injured, several fraautedlimbs and the coachman, in endeavour ing to extricate the horses from their harnes.s, re ceived a violent kick from one of them, which killed him on the spot. The rest of the persons who were injured, are in a fair way of doing well. . On Monday night a Coroner's Ihquest sat upon the body of Mrs. ROCHE, milliner, Bruton -street, Bond-Street, who, on crossing the coach-way, Swal low-street, near Warwick-street, at ten o'clock, was run over by a coach, and killed•on the spot. Verdi& .--Accidental Death. It is something singular, about a year and a, half ago her husband was killed near the same spot by a horse running over him, and carried home dead. Saturday morning, soon after the first division of the North York Militia left Cranbrook, Lieutenant Clarkson, of that regiment, mounted• his horse for the purpose of proceeding to Maidpone, but had not rode far when the animal took fright, and set off at, full speed: Lieutenant Clarkson soon lost his and his foot unfortunately hanging in the stirrup, he was .draLged nearly three miles along the road, and was so miserably mangled, that there is coot the least hop;s eh r;:covery•